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commmn Filed April 15, 1933 Patented May 14, 1935 UNITED STATES CONTAINER Isaac N. Jordan, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Armour and Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application April 15, 1933, Serial No. 666,254

4 Claims.

The invention of the present application has for its principal objects the provision of a container which may beprovided in assorted standard sizes, secure against breakage in transportation, easy to be handled, having a'cover securely held against accidental displacement but readily detachable and thereafter adapted for protective use, and from which the contents may be conveniently dispensed. Other objects will be apparent to those accustomed to the use of containers of this class.

Manufacturers and purveyors of lard, for instance, employ containers of various dissimilar materials, shapes and sizes, paper cartons, pails of tin and wood, tubs, etc. My invention presents a container particularly adapted to the handling, shipment and dispensing of lard and similar commodities though by no means confined'to such adaptation.

Containers embodying the invention may be formed in any desired series of sizes of standard capacity. They may be square, round, hexagonal or of other shape convenient for use. They may be conveniently filled, using a liner or not. They present a finger grip by means of which they may be readily handled. They provide a secure closure rendered proof against unauthorized tampering, yet readily opened. They present when uncovered an unobstructed top opening for dispensing the contents. The detached cover, when laid over the open top of the container, constitutes an efiicient protection against entrance of dust or dirt to the interior. The container is undamaged by removal of the cover and is available for reuse.

In order that the invention may be readily understood as to its salient structural features a preferred embodiment of the same is set forth by way of illustration in the accompanying drawing and the following description.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 represents the body of the container with the cover-removed;

Fig. 2 represents the cover separated from the container body; and

Fig. 3 sets forth in side elevation and partial section the container and cover in assembled relation.

Having reference to the drawing, the container body II is illustrated as a cube of fibreboard or the like comprising bottom, side and end portions, the bottom l2 and the sides l3 overlappingat I20. and Ba the end walls l4 and are firmly secured by metallic stitching IS. The body is open at the upper end as indicated in Fig. 1, and about the margin of the upper edges is provided with exterior beads [B of substantial thickness stitched to the body of the container.

The beads l6 may comprise strips of wood or other material; and obviously these beads may optionally be formed by outwardly and downwardly folding of the body material itself.

The cover or upper end I! of the container has about its four sides flanges l8 flexibly joined as by being hinged thereto at I9. These flanges l8 normally occupy a somewhat flaring relation to the body of the cover and they are each of them 7 provided with internal beads 20 similar to the beads I 6 of the container body, being stitched thereto as indicated at l5. These internal beads on the cover flanges are displaced from the hinge or the root. of the flange IS a distance corresponding substantially to the width of the beads l6, whereby when the cover is applied to the body of the container the beads 20 will overlap and interlock with the beads IS, the beads 20'engaging by their upper edges the lower edges of the beads l6.

The container having been filled, the cover is applied to theopen end of the same with the flanges depending along the four sides. A sheet metal band 2| is then passed around the upper portion of the container body, preferably overlapping the meeting edges of the beads l6 and 20 and, being drawn taut, has applied thereto a seal 22. Thus the flanges I8 are contracted inwardly against the sides of the body and the beads 20 and I6 securely held in interlocking engagement.

It will be noted that the beads I6 and 20 being of substantial thickness, supplemented by the thickness of the cover material, form a substantial ledge about the exterior of the container near its top and thus constitute an eificient finger grip for.handling the container; that when the cover is removed by breaking of the seal and constricting band, it can be used during the dispensing oi. the contents as a protection against the entrance of dust and dirt, being superposed upon the container as an unattached lid, held against shifting only by the downwardly projecting flanges I8.

I claim:

l. A container comprising a body member open at the top and provided with a marginal external bead about the opening, in combination with a cover member therefor comprising a sheet notched at its several corners and bent on lines connecting the apexes of the notches to provide about its margin downwardly extending independently hinged flanges each provided with a marginal internal bead adapted to take over and interlock with the body bead when the flanges are swung inwardly against the sides of the body, and exteriorly disposed means to confine the flanges about the body with the beads interlocked, said confining means readily releasable to permit disengagement of the interlocking beads and removal of the cover upwardly.

2. A container comprising a body member open at the top and provided with a marginal external bead about the opening, in combination with a cover member of flexible material notched at its several corners and bent at all sides along lines connecting the apexes of the notches to provide independently movable downwardly extending outwardly flaring hinged flanges each provided with a marginal internal bead disposed at a distance from the hinge corresponding to the width of the body bead and adapted to take over and interlock therewith when pressed inwardly against the sides of the body, and enveloping means to confine the flanges with the beads interlocked, said confining means readily releasable to permit disengagement oi the interlocking beads and lifting of the cover free of the container.

3. A container comprising a flexible body member maving an unobstructed open top and provided marginally thereof with a surrounding external rigid bead, in combination with a flexible cover member comprising a sheet notched at its several corners and bent on lines connecting the apexes oi the notches to provide about the margin of the cover downwardly and outwardly projecting independent flange elements each provided with a marginal internal rigid bead and tending to reassume the plane of the cover member, the internal beads of the cover when pressed inwardly against the sides of the body member adapted to take over and interlock with the external beads of the body to prevent separation of body and cover in an axial direction, and a constricting band surrounding the flange elements and bridging the interlocking edges 01' the beads to hold the beads in engagement against the inherent tendency of the flanges to swing outwardly, said band releasable to permit the beads of the flange elements to disengage the beads of the body member and thus enable the removal of the cover upwardly.

4. A container comprising a body member having an open top and provided marginally thereof with a surrounding external bead, in combination with a cover member having at its several sides marginal downwardly and outwardly flaring hinged flanges disconnected as to adjacent flanges and each flange provided with a marginal internal head, the internal beads of the cover flanges when pressed inwardly against the sides of the body member adapted to take over and interlock with the external beads of the body member to prevent separation of body and cover in an axial direction, and a constricting band surrounding the flange elements to hold the beads of the flanges and or the body member in engagement against the inherent tendency of the flanges to swing outwardly, said band releasable to permit the beads of the flange elements to disengage the beads of the body member and thus enable the removal of the cover upwardly.

ISAAC N. JORDAN. 

